M 5.5 in Türkiye on 07 Feb 2023 03:13 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1357909
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7651 , 37.743
Event Date: 07 Feb 2023 03:13 UTC
07 Feb 2023 06:13 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2023 03:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us6000jm5e Scaled population (raster) 1.34  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.77  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 4486 | About casualties: 476 | Last hour: 0

21:07 Séisme : plusieurs enfants sauvés cinq jours après, concessio ... 2023-02-11T03:12+0100.

Le Haut-Commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'Homme a demandé le même jour "un cessez-le-feu immédiat" en Syrie pour y faciliter le soutien aux populations sinistrées. Car si l'aide humanitaire afflue de l'étranger en Turquie - l'Allemagne a
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Nearly 19,000 people die in Türkiye's earthquake2023-02-11T02:59+0100.

People warm themselves by the fire beside the rubble of buildings in Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras Province, Türkiye, Feb. 7, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] The death toll from powerful earthquakes in southern Türkiye climbed to 18,991, while th
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Melbourne man second Australian dead in earthquakeSuat Bayram, 69, was ... 2023-02-11T02:51+0100.

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Melbourne man confirmed dead as Australian toll believed to have risen to three. Remains of Australian man and Australian woman identified by family members in Turkey, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and
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Pakistani rescuers bring relief to Türkiye quake survivors2023-02-11T02:50+0100.

As local and international rescue teams in southern Türkiye continue to race against time with the slogan “don’t lose hope,” families of earthquake survivors rejoice as their loved ones are pulled out of collapsed buildings. Two such intern
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),